Handwriting · Ertekin Erdin
Nafile Narrow
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CSSfont-family: 'Nafile Narrow', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Nafile Narrow is a free handwriting font by Ertekin Erdin, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Nafile Narrow has an x-height taller than 94%, is wider than 100% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 71%. Its thickest strokes are 0.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Eagle Lake
Nafile Narrow on one light table with its two closest fonts, Eagle Lake (37 out of 100) and Lumanosimo (27). Eagle Lake is 16% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 12% shorter; Lumanosimo is 19% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 6% shorter.
Nafile Narrow and Eagle Lake laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Nafile NarrowEagle Lake…
Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.
02 / Letters
The Nafile Narrow alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Weights
Nafile Narrow in 5 weights
5 weights, 100–900
- 100 Thin
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 700 Bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Nafile Narrow, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Ertekin Erdin
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 5 weights, 100–900
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Nafile Narrow is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Nafile Narrow comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Nafile Narrow, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Nafile Narrow under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Nafile Narrow, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 59.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 80.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 76.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 39%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.23 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 94% of handwriting faces
WidthWider than 100% of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 71% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore even than 99% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Nafile Narrow
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Nafile Narrow's own familyNafile CondensedNafile Extra CondensedNafileNafile Semi ExpandedNafile Expanded
- Eagle Lake37more stroke contrast · 16% narrower · x-height 12% shorter
- Lumanosimo27more stroke contrast · 19% narrower · x-height 6% shorter
- Cuban20x-height 27% taller · 14% wider
- Mochiy Pop One19more stroke contrast · 73% heavier · 14% narrower
- Trickster18more stroke contrast · 35% narrower · 37% heavier
- Hachi Maru Pop17more stroke contrast · x-height 14% shorter · 12% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Nafile Narrow →Compare side by side →Get Nafile Narrow on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Nafile Narrow without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Nafile Narrow sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Nafile Narrow loads, this sets Arial in its place at 163.6% of its size, so running text keeps Nafile Narrow’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Nafile Narrow Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 163.60%;
ascent-override: 56.42%;
descent-override: 16.93%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Nafile Narrow', 'Nafile Narrow Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Nafile Narrow
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Nafile Narrow free for commercial use?
Yes. Nafile Narrow is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.
How do I download and install Nafile Narrow?
Nafile Narrow comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts/ttf/static folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .
Is Nafile Narrow in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Nafile Narrow comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
How many weights does Nafile Narrow have?
Nafile Narrow comes in five weights: Thin (100), Light (300), Regular (400), Bold (700) and Black (900).
Who designed Nafile Narrow?
Nafile Narrow was designed by Ertekin Erdin. Ertekin Erdin also made Libre Caslon Condensed and Haskoy.
What fonts are similar to Nafile Narrow?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Eagle Lake (37), Lumanosimo (27) and Cuban (20), out of 100. Next to Nafile Narrow, Eagle Lake is 16% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 12% shorter. Its own family, listed apart, adds Nafile Condensed, Nafile Extra Condensed, Nafile and two more. See all 100 fonts like Nafile Narrow.